- Wikidata identifier:
- Q113370024
- Also known as:
- Fakenham Gasworks Museum
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 666
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q113370024/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Industry
Fakenham Gas Works is the last surviving complete coal gas works in England and Wales and is a typical small town works which served 500 customers in the town and employed eleven men. The complex includes a gas holder (1888), a retort house with much of the original equipment such as long handled shovels used by the stokers, ancillary buildings and features such as a tar pit and bath house and gas measuring equipment. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. There is a collection of Gas meters and Gas appliances, including lighting, heating, laundry and cooking.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC